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Steam News14 March 20263mo ago

Demo Patch 14.03.2026

Howdy Ranchers, Thanks to everyone who played our demo during Steam Next Fest. We appreciate your feedback very much. It helped us look at our game from other perspectives.

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What changed

5 fixes16 additions20 changes12 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Workshop
  • Fixes
addedWe’ll bring you new devlogs as well.
changedSmall but great fixes in the painting view in the shop
addedAdded a warning for held item status
addedAdded SHIFT+LMB as a shortcut for moving items between inventory, containers and toolbelt
changedChanged the look of player status
addedAdded stack size info for stackable tools

Rancher: A new life changes

addedWe’ll bring you new devlogs as well.
changedSmall but great fixes in the painting view in the shop
addedAdded a warning for held item status
addedAdded SHIFT+LMB as a shortcut for moving items between inventory, containers and toolbelt
changedChanged the look of player status

Howdy Ranchers,

Thanks to everyone who played our demo during Steam Next Fest.

We appreciate your feedback very much. It helped us look at our game from other perspectives.

We are planning to keep the demo up and prepare at least one more content update before the launch of the game.

We’ll bring you new devlogs as well.

Do you have any mechanics or topics that you'd like to see a devlog about?

Patch changelog:

  • Small but great fixes in the painting view in the shop

  • Added a warning for held item status

  • Added SHIFT+LMB as a shortcut for moving items between inventory, containers and toolbelt

  • Changed the look of player status

  • Added stack size info for stackable tools

  • Better collisions for placed items

  • New inventory look

  • Removed unnecessary delivery options for cart filled with furniture and/or painted objects only

  • Better behaviour of app menu in tablet

  • Added better tooltips for choosing the next quest

  • Improved the cooking tutorial

  • Ghost items should no longer remain on the screen

  • Better dialogue for trying to pick up items when it's not possible

  • Improved handling of several ambient animations

  • Improved formatting of stove tooltips

  • Moving divided into the toolbelt no longer deletes them

  • Added a rotation tooltip to the workshop

  • When the voice is set to 0, a voiceless cutscene will play instead

  • Added an extra task to turn on the flashlight to teach about controls

  • Improved the ordering of one kitchen quest

  • Improved tooltips and outlines for shelves

  • Dirt on the table should not be visible on the plate

  • Sandpaper is visible in the hand again

  • You can no longer use the bed multiple times in quick succession

  • You can no longer right-click items being dragged

  • ATV garage pillars now have collision

  • Picking up the ladder outside of build mode should not leave a ghost behind

  • Added particles to the paint bucket during the correct quest

  • Improved blurry rock textures

  • Updated rocks in the overturned flower pot

  • Fireplace particles no longer go through walls and now disappear instantly on collision

  • Fixed levitating rocks by placing them properly on the ground

  • Adjusted walls that were darker than the rest of the building to better match the overall color

  • Adjusted darker trees to match the rest of the trees

  • Improved water level visuals in the water bucket and watering can

  • Fixed fireplace textures that previously appeared cut off

  • Fixed black lines appearing on eggs

  • Fixed black voids in the bedroom

  • Adjusted garden object culling so objects no longer visibly disappear for the player

  • Dust should no longer adhere to certain trash objects

  • De-selecting a quest chapter no longer counts as selecting a new one

  • Added several missing outlines

  • You can no longer move while falling asleep

  • Throwing force UI will be hidden properly when unequipping items

  • You can no longer throw away animals in cages

  • You cannot start throwing away items when they are being used

  • You cannot fall asleep while nauseous

  • Removed certain props that looked too much like trash

  • Buying a chimney decoration is no longer required

  • Added a notification sound volume

  • Sitting should now align your character properly

  • Chickens that fell under the map will be returned to the porch

  • Mushroom particles are now delayed until the correct step

  • Birdhouse quests now have proper compass markers

  • Player stats tutorials were more spread out

  • Shooting range buttons no longer briefly stop you from moving

  • Improved item pickup tooltips

  • Added several missing trash items

  • Added a tooltip for uninstalling the scaffolding

  • Improved sawhorse, workshop and sink tooltips

  • Fixed coffee machine amount tooltip

  • Chickens can spawn earlier if certain criteria are

Source

Steam News / 14 March 2026

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